Cap



R. l. BAUER March 1&5, `l938.

CAP

Filed May 14, 1957 Patented Mar. 15, 1938 vArai vorifice GAP ApplicationMay 14, 1937, Serial No. 142,709

. 4 VClaims.

This .invention relates to new and useful improvements in headwear andmore particularly Vto that type of headwear known as cooks or chefscaps.

The principal object of the present invention is to provide a cap of thecharacter set forth which is adjustable to t Yheads of different shapesand sizes and relatively inexpensive to manufacture and sell to the endthat such a cap may be discarded when it becomes soiled.

Another object of theinvention is to provide a cap of the statedcharacter which is neat and imparts an appearance of cleanliness to thewearer and to the immediate surroundings.

These and other objects of theinvention and the features and details ofthe construction and assembly thereof are set forth hereinafter andshown in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a View in elevation of one form of cap embodying the presentinvention.

Figure 2 is an enlarged fragmentary perspective View in section taken online 2-2, Figure 1.

Figure is a magnified fragmentary perspective View taken on line 3 3,Figure l.

Figure 4 is a view in perspective of the means Y Vemployed to permitadjustment of the overlapping ends of the head band of the cap.

VFigure 5 is a view in perspective of a modified form of cap embodyingthe present invention.

Figure 6 ris anenlarged fragmentary perspective viewin section taken online 6--, Figure 5, and

Figure 'i is an enlarged View in section illustrating .a modified mannerof assembing a cap embodying the invention. Y

Referring now more particularly to the drawing,

a cap made in accordance with my invention consists essentially of ahead band and crown which are designated by reference numerals i and 2respectively. In the present instance, the head 4() band I is composedof` a sheet of paper or other suitable material 3 which is faced on oneside thereof with a suitable fabric 4. The fabric 4 is preferablyVstarohed orsized to render the band comparatively stiff yet permitflexing thereof to a degree sufficient to the end that the functions ofa head band in a cap of the present nature may be realized. Thelongitudinal edge portions of the fabric faced sheet thus produced arefolded or doubled onto the unfaced side or surface of said sheet asshown in the drawing to form upper and lower flanges 5 and respectively,the latter serving as a sweat band.

The crown 2 is preferably elliptical to conform wmore closely to theshape of the head and is com- 55 posed of thin relatively open mesh-likefabric (Cl. lil- 195) such Vas cheese-cloth or the like, the lowerdepending edge 'I of which is turned outwardlyand upwardly and, with theexception of a short length at one end to permit adjustment of the headband, is secured to said band between the outer portion Ia thereof andthe upper flange .5 by means of stitching or the like 8 which alsofunctions to secure said flange 5 to said outer portion Ia of the bandso that said flange will not be loosely disposed within the latter andmay overlie the edge l of the crown to aiford'a more secure andprotected anchorage for the latter to the head band I.

In the present instance a tie element designated generally as Sicomprising a flat wire strip lll p of greater length than the height ofthe outer portion Ia of the head band and covered with suitable materialsuch as paper or the like I I formed to include a tab portion I2 isattached to one end of the head band `I by securing said tab portion i 2to the inner or unfaced surface of said ban-d beneath the ange portions5 and 6 thereof in such manner that the covered end portions of the wireIU of the element 9 project or extend a substantial distance` above andbelow the portion I a of the head band.

The head band I with the crown attached thereto as described aboveisbent into more or less circular form with its opposite end portionslongitudinally overlapping in such relation that the end of said headbandi to which the tie element 9 is attached resides outwardly of oroverlies the other end portion of the head band and these overlappingend portions are maintained in slidable relation with respect to eachother by folding or doubling the projecting covered end portions of thewire II! of the tie element 9 over the longitudinal edges of the otherorinner end portion of said head band as shown in the drawing, thecovered wire portion II) of theitie ele- .f

ment S being folded onto the fabric faced outer surface of the head.band I as shown in Figures 1,v 2 and 3 of the drawing or inwardly ontothe unfaced'inner surface of the head band I and flanges 5 and 6 thereofas shown, for example, in Figures 5 and 6 of the drawing, according tothe, desire of the particular purchaser or user of the cap. On the otherhand, if desired, the lower edge portion of the inwardly lying endportion of the head band I may be disposed between the lower flangeportion 6 of the outer overlapping end portion of said band and theInner face of the. portion Ia thereof'in the manner shown` in Figure '7of the drawing, in which event these relatively overlapping portions aremaintained in slidable relation as `previously described by means of thetie element 9 except that in this particular instance, the lower portionof the wire portion l thereof engages over the flange 6 of the outerlapped portion of the band instead of the flange of the inwardly lyingend portion thereof.

A modified form of cap embodying my inven* tion is shown in Figure 5 ofthe drawing, wherein the crown is formed of a fiat piece of materialwhich is folded transversely centrally thereof and stitched or otherwiseunited as indicated at I3 to form a crown 2a of substantiallyrectangular inverted pocket-like configuration. The lower or dependingedge of the pocket-like crown 2a thus formed, as in the case of thecrown 2, conforms substantially to the longitudinal dimensions of theupper depending flange 5 of the head band l and with the eXceptionof ashort length adjacent one end of said band is co-extensively secured tothe latter between the outer portion ia thereof and said flange 5 in themanner hereinabove set forth. In addition to the particular crown 2ajust described, the cap may be made to more closely simulate a militaryservice cap by suitably printing thereon strips of substantial width asindicated at ifi to give the appearance of the usual edge bindingpresent in caps of this general nature.

While a particular embodiment of the invention has been set forth hereinfor descriptive purposes, it is not intended that said invention shallbe precisely limited thereto but that modifications and changes may beincorporated and ernbodied therein within the scope of the annexedclaims.

I claim:

1. A cap of the character described comprising a head band formed ofrelatively stiff material having its edge portions doubled onto theinner side to provide comparatively narrow upper and lower flanges, theinner side of one end portion of the band longitudinally overlying theouter side of the other end portion thereof and arranged for relativesliding movement with respect thereto, a crown having a depending edgeportion outwardly upturned and disposed between the head band and theupper flangethereof, means securing the upturned edge portion of thecrown, the head band and the upper fiange together with said up-turnededge portion intermediate the latter and 'the adjacent surface of saidband, and means secured in the outwardly overlying end portion of thehead band under the flanges thereof and having exposed portions forengagement over the upper and lower edges of said band to retain saidend portions in circumferentially slidable relation.

2. A cap of the character described comprising a head band formed ofrelatively stiff material having its edge portions doubled onto theinner side to provide comparatively narrow upper and lower flanges, theinner side of one end portion of the band longitudinally overlying theouter side of the other end portion thereof and yarranged for relativesliding movement with respect thereto, a crown having a depending edgeportion outwardly upturned and disposed between the head band and theupper fiange thereof, means securing the upturned edge portion of thecrown, the head band and the upper ange together with said upturned edgeportion intermediate the latter and the adjacent surface of said band,and means including a wire tie element secured in the outwardlyoverlying end portion of the head band, said tie element havingoppositely projecting end portions doubled onto the inner upper andlower edge portions of said band to retain said end portions incircumferentially slidable relation.

3. A cap of the character described comprising a head band of relativelystiff material having its longitudinal edge portions doubled onto theinner unfaced side of said sheet to provide comparatively narrow upperand lower flanges, the bottom edge of one end portion of the bandmounted in the lower flange of the other end portion of said band andarranged for relative sliding movement with respect thereto, a crownhaving a depending edge portion outwardly upturned and disposed betweenthe head band and the upper flange thereof, means securing the upturnededge portion of the crown, the head band and the upper flange togetherwith said upturned edge portion intermediate the latter and the adjacentsurface of said band, and means secured in the outwardly overlying endportion of the head band under the flanges thereof and having exposedportions for engagement over the inner upper and lower edge portions ofthe overlapping end portions of said band to retain said end portions incircumferentially slidable relation.

4. A cap of the character described comprising a head band formed ofrelatively stiff material having its edge portions doubled onto theinner side to provide comparatively narrow upper and lower flanges, thebottom flanged edge of one end portion of the band mounted in the lowerflanged edge of the other end portion of said band and arranged forrelative sliding movement with respect thereto, a crown having itsdepending edge portion outwardly upturned and disposed between the headband and the upper flange thereof, means securing the upturned edgeportion of the crown, the head band and the upper ange together withsaid upturned edge portion intermediate the latter and the adjacentsurface of said band, and means including a wire tie element secured inthe outwardly overlying end portion of the head band under the flangesthereof, said tie element having oppositely projecting end portionsdoubled inwardly onto the upper and lower edge portions of theoverlapping ends of said band to retain said ends in circumferentiallyslidable relation.

RICHARD I. BAUER.

